Your tablet can be a great productivity tool on its own, but using it as a second screen for your computer makes it even better. For Android tablets, Splashtop is our favorite way to do this. It’s cheap, touch-friendly, and uses Wi-Fi, so you can pick it up and go. »6/03/15 10:00am 6/03/15 10:00am

Using your iPad as a “second screen” is a great way to boost your productivity by adding in a little extra screen real estate. Our favorite way to do this on iOS is Duet Display because it’s lag-free, easy to set up, and has a good set of customization options. »5/26/15 10:00am 5/26/15 10:00am

Mac OS X already comes with a solid system monitor, but it’s not that great to just glance at your overall system health. For that, we like Monity, which sits in your Notification Center for easy access to a wealth of information. »4/27/15 4:00am 4/27/15 4:00am

Your photo library is a mess. Your downloads folder is a mess. Your music folders are riddled with so many duplicates that you can’t tell what’s new and what’s left over from Napster. We all have too many duplicate files on our computers we don’t need. To get rid of them on your Mac, we recommend Gemini. »4/10/15 2:00pm 4/10/15 2:00pm

Over the years, Macs have had a ton of options for excellent app launchers. Alfred is our pick because it manages to balance features with usability. Anyone can pick it up and start using it, but if you want to dig deeper into automation there's plenty of room for expansion. »6/20/14 10:00am 6/20/14 10:00am

Email clients come in all shapes and sizes, but when it comes to the options available on the Mac, we feel that Airmail is the best email client for most people. It's easy to use, supports a number of different email providers, has a solid search function, and more. »6/04/14 4:00am 6/04/14 4:00am

When you think of image editors on any platform, your mind goes straight to Photoshop. For most of us, paying Adobe's high costs will get us an app that does more than we really need or care to do. As a result, we feel Pixelmator will win the hearts of most users on the Mac. It handles just about every image… »11/04/13 11:30am 11/04/13 11:30am

While it's unlikely you'll ever run into malware for the Mac, you may want to consider an antivirus tool anyway—if not to protect yourself, but to protect your Windows-using friends from any malware you may inadvertently send their way. We think that Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac is the best choice, and it's free. »5/03/13 4:00am 5/03/13 4:00am

Strangely, Mac OS X has a wide variety of great text expansion apps and everyone does the job well. That said, aText is our favorite thanks to its comprehensive feature set, great performance, and reasonable price. »2/11/13 10:30am 2/11/13 10:30am

Reading a lot of blogs can be tough to manage without an RSS news reader, which consolidates everything you read in one place. While there are plenty of news readers on the Mac, Reeder wins our hearts thanks to its beautiful and simple interface, thorough integration with social features, and fantastic customizability. »1/07/13 10:30am 1/07/13 10:30am

The Mac is a lucky platform because it has so many great ways to quickly upload files with a simple drag and drop or stroke of the keyboard. Among all the options, Dockdrop is our favorite thanks to its simplicity and versatility. »6/24/12 2:00pm 6/24/12 2:00pm

OS X only has a few disk space analyzers, and the good news is that they're all pretty good. Nonetheless, we feel Disk Inventory X is the way to go thanks to its organization, massive amount of information, and $0 price tag. »6/04/12 10:30am 6/04/12 10:30am

You should back up your hard drive. You've heard it a million times, but most people don't do it. So we're going to make it easy: CrashPlan is the best backup tool. It's what you should use to back up your data, both on-site and off-site. »4/02/12 10:30am 4/02/12 10:30am

Hotkeys can save you a lot of time, especially when they're customized to do your specific bidding. Although there are many ways to add custom global keyboard shortcuts to OS X, Quicksilver is the best thanks to its speed and versatility. »2/20/12 10:30am 2/20/12 10:30am

Mac OS X has a great built-in address book and a number of useful third-party alternatives, but out of all the options Cobook is our favorite. It's a very new app, currently still in beta, but its intelligent search and social media integration make it very easy to love. »2/13/12 10:30am 2/13/12 10:30am

If you don't like the way your keyboard is laid out, a keyboard remapper can change it. There are only a few for Mac OS X, and the lack of development on many of your options makes your choice pretty easy. Regardless, KeyRemap4Macbook would rise to the top thanks to numerous remapping options, customizability, and… »2/06/12 10:30am 2/06/12 10:30am

OS X already offers a means of capturing screenshots with a few keyboard shortcuts, but if you want to do a little more you have to grab a third-party tool. Of the many available, Skitch is our favorite for its many annotation tools and instant-sharing options. »1/30/12 10:30am 1/30/12 10:30am

Mac OS X is full of ways to record your screen, with a tool built-in to Quicktime Player and a vast number of third-party apps. Among the many tools, Screenflow is easily our top choice. It's fast, feature-rich, handles everything about the screencasting process from start to finish, and doubles as possibly the best… »1/23/12 10:30am 1/23/12 10:30am

StreamToMe, our top choice for streaming and live converting video on Mac OS X, is an easy choice for the category because it is, essentially, the only choice. But with its great performance, wide video and audio format support, and $0 price tag, it will likely beat out any competition that may someday come along. »1/16/12 10:30am 1/16/12 10:30am

Although Apple's never been one to concentrate too much on office software, they are known for their simple, attractive, and compelling presentations. That's why Apple's Keynote presentation software—the same app they use to make them—is easily our favorite on the Mac. »12/27/11 10:30am 12/27/11 10:30am